A W18 engine is an eighteen cylinder piston engine which usually has a single crankshaft with three banks of six cylinders arranged in an inverted broad arrow configuration. An early example is the Isotta Fraschini Asso 750 used to power the Italian Savoia-Marchetti S.55 seaplanes flown by Italo Balbo into Chicago in 1933. This engine used the same layout as a recent series of engines produced by Bugatti - basically a vertical six with two adjacent banks set at 60° each to make a W-18. Subsequently in 1972 Formula 1 rules were changed to outlaw the use of engines with more than 12 cylinders. Rocchi used this module as the basis for a 3½ litre W12 engine for Life Racing Engines in 1988, although this was infamously unsuccessful. Recent W18 engines powered the Bugatti EB 118, Bugatti EB 218, Bugatti 18/3 Chiron and Bugatti EB 18.4 Veyron concept cars in the late 1990s.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, United States, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets. While initially it manufactured its own processors, the company became fabless after GlobalFoundries was spun off in 2009. AMD's main products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors and graphics processors for servers, workstations and personal computers, and embedded systems applications. To facilitate processor distribution and sales, AMD is loosely partnered with end-user companies, such as HP, Compaq, ASUS, Acer, and Dell.

As of this morning there were some three dozen folks who wrote in regarding the mystery writing on this towel, so I suppose the only fair thing would be to acknowledge the very first one I received...

Ernie, Your sisters #9 turns out to be FOSTER'S The Amber. Couldn't find a beach towel but did find a bar towel here. Tom

Foster's Lager uses the slogan "The Amber Nectar" in Australia and the UK, and "Australian for Beer", elsewhere overseas. Jesse

There are a lot of things that have to happen before you start considering a flask as a Christmas gift for someone in your life. For one, that person needs to be a drunklike to party all the time. Two, you need to be OK with that. And three, you have to be prepared to actually encourage it with a flask that will make this person want to drink even more. If you've crossed those three hurtles, it may be time for you to dive into the Christmas Flask Gift Guide.

Looks I'm not saying she has a bad one, but do I think
evar? No, not by a long shot. A nice butt, sure. The dumbest haircut, certainly. But not the best butt; that crown is reserved for Jessica Biel.